EP0306333A3 - Method and apparatus for the determination of isotopic composition - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for the determination of isotopic composition Download PDF

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EP0306333A3
EP0306333A3 EP88308156A EP88308156A EP0306333A3 EP 0306333 A3 EP0306333 A3 EP 0306333A3 EP 88308156 A EP88308156 A EP 88308156A EP 88308156 A EP88308156 A EP 88308156A EP 0306333 A3 EP0306333 A3 EP 0306333A3
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Keith Hall
Philip Anthony Freedman
Elizabeth Janine Jumeau
Roger Guilluy
Christiane Pachiaudi
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Micromass UK Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J49/00—Particle spectrometers or separator tubes
    • H01J49/0009—Calibration of the apparatus
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N30/00—Investigating or analysing materials by separation into components using adsorption, absorption or similar phenomena or using ion-exchange, e.g. chromatography or field flow fractionation
    • G01N30/02—Column chromatography
    • G01N30/62—Detectors specially adapted therefor
    • G01N30/72—Mass spectrometers
    • G01N30/7206—Mass spectrometers interfaced to gas chromatograph
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N30/00—Investigating or analysing materials by separation into components using adsorption, absorption or similar phenomena or using ion-exchange, e.g. chromatography or field flow fractionation
    • G01N30/02—Column chromatography
    • G01N30/84—Preparation of the fraction to be distributed
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N30/00—Investigating or analysing materials by separation into components using adsorption, absorption or similar phenomena or using ion-exchange, e.g. chromatography or field flow fractionation
    • G01N30/02—Column chromatography
    • G01N30/62—Detectors specially adapted therefor
    • G01N2030/621—Detectors specially adapted therefor signal-to-noise ratio
    • G01N2030/625—Detectors specially adapted therefor signal-to-noise ratio by measuring reference material, e.g. carrier without sample
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T436/00—Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing
    • Y10T436/24—Nuclear magnetic resonance, electron spin resonance or other spin effects or mass spectrometry

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EP88308156A 1987-09-02 1988-09-02 Method and apparatus for the determination of isotopic composition Expired - Lifetime EP0306333B1 (en)

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GB878720586A GB8720586D0 (en) 1987-09-02 1987-09-02 Apparatus & method
GB8720586 1987-09-02
GB8811379 1988-05-13
GB888811379A GB8811379D0 (en) 1987-09-02 1988-05-13 Method & apparatus

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EP0306333A2 EP0306333A2 (en) 1989-03-08
EP0306333A3 true EP0306333A3 (en) 1990-02-14
EP0306333B1 EP0306333B1 (en) 1996-06-05

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